on the road
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Toronto
I've been on the road this week, travelling east. I went to Toronto to install an art piece commissioned by The Deloitte Greenhouse. Luckily it all went well, despite torrential rain from the remnants of Beryl – I got soaked (twice) – there were floods, power outages, submerged subways, an emergency building evacuation, and then the Crowdstrike outage. Crazy times indeed, did someone say pandemonium?
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detail, close-up, installation in progress
The installation looked great and thanks to great help from a long-time buddy of mine, the work went very smoothly. You can read more about the project here.
Montreal
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I'm in Montreal for a few days to change the scene and explore the city a little. As the serendipity machine would have it another of my long-time buddies and I would be like ships in the night - leaving for Vancouver as I was coming to Montreal. Still, I get to house-sit, visit with the cat and explore Montreal. (Hey, D, all is well here ;-)
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I went to an art opening at Art Mûr last night – Peinture Fraîche et Nouvelle Construction – 20e édition. A curated exhibition of painting and sculpture by art students from across Canadian art schools. It is uplifting to see that painting is still such a happening thing. Fraîche indeed!
Also opening was Adam Gunn: I Learned to Drive and Went Painting. Lovely to see Plein Air work combined with a road trip - makes me think... a road trip with reluctant illustrations, maybe? – I guess this is a little pilot!
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As always, thanks for reading and indulging!
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